NAME

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

rRootage is an arcade style shooting game. Avoid the barrage of bullets
while using your laser to destroy the enemy’s battle ship.

USAGE

You can play the game with a keyboard or a joystick. On the keyboard
the following keys are used:
- Movement Arrow keys
- Fire Z
- Special X
- Pause P
- Leave Game Escape
In the initial screen, use X to choose the mode, and Z to select a
level.
The game has the following modes:
NormalMode
This is the standard game mode. Your ship slows down while your laser
is being fired. The special key releases a bomb, which destroys enemy
bullets. The number of bombs you have is displayed in the bottom-right
corner.
PSYMode
When bullets graze your ship the graze meter, which is displayed in the
bottom-right corner, increases. When the meter becomes full, your ship
is temporarily invincible. The special key increases the range within
which bullets graze your ship, but also slows your ship down.
IKAMode
Your ship has two modes, white and black, and the enemy bullets come in
white and black varieties. You can absorb bullets with the same colour
as the mode of your ship, and they will be converted into lasers. The
special key switches between white and black mode.
GWMode
Your ship has a bullet reflector, which you activate using the special
key. However, you can only use it while the reflector meter, shown in
the bottom right corner, displays "OK".

OPTIONS

These command line options are available:
-lowres
Low resolution mode.
-mediumres
Medium resolution mode (default).
-highres
High resolution mode.
-nosound
Disable sound.
-window
Launch the game in a window, rather than fullscreen.
-fullscreen
Launch the game in fullscreen mode.
-reverse
Reverse the fire key and the special key.
-nowait
When there are a large number of bullets on the screen, the game
is slowed down. This option prevents this slowdown so that the
game speed is constant.
-accframe
Use the alternative frame rate management algorithm. (If you
have a problem with the frame rate, try this option.)

FILES

~/.rr.prf
This is where rRootage records which levels you have completed
in which modes.